The Meo surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 901 people carried this name — #26,932 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 322,600 people counted. That is up 17% from 773 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Meo surname
A surname transferred from the given name.
From a short form of the personal name Bartolomeo, Romeo or Tolomeo.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Meo» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 326 people named Meo live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 206 people named Meo.
67 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 départements, most often Ardèche.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 126 people named Meo live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
94 people named Meo live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Meo.
- Mention 334 · U.S. census
- Mentz 833 · U.S. census
- Mentzer 3,410 · U.S. census
- Meny 233 · U.S. census
- Menzel 2,553 · U.S. census
- Menzer 671 · U.S. census
- Meoni 120 · U.S. census
- Mer 210 · U.S. census
- Mera 2,206 · U.S. census
- Meras 439 · U.S. census
- Mercadal 227 · U.S. census
- Mercader 201 · U.S. census
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